It’s been almost ten years since I’ve done any .NET development. That’s a long time for an ecosystem to evolve while I was off working in open-source land. But I recently started a new contract with a company that’s strictly a Microsoft development shop. It’s back to C# and SQL Server for me! As I’ve […]

I’m going to step out on a limb here and be really honest. In a world of what author William Gibson calls a mediated persona, where Facebook statuses are crafted for maximum jealousy generation, this is really uncomfortable to say. Here’s to honesty: I’m a rusty programmer. I haven’t really written much code in the last […]

Here are some links I found interesting recently: The Problem with Job Titles – Workshape.io wants to change how we describe work with a visual representation. This is about matching a diagram of desired types of work rather than a bunch of keywords on a resume. Work is Fascinating: The Metagame – Hacking your work […]

There is a lot that goes into building an application for your company. As your project moves through its life cycle, there are a lot of tools to help make tasks easier. This post is a bit more nerdy than the usual, but here is a list of tools I have found invaluable: